Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Monday said that the court will not allow the voice of Baloch students to be silenced.
He made the remarks during the hearing of a petition against the registration of a case against Baloch students who protested in Islamabad against enforced disappearances.
Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari’s daughter Advocate Imaan Hazir-Mazari and others had moved the court on Saturday for the dismissal of the case.
Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan, Inspector-General Islamabad Ahsan Younis and additional home secretary appeared before the court.
During the hearing, Justice Minallah remarked that the children of Balochistan were protesting peacefully and that the federal government should have paid more attention to them as no one has visited them yet.
He maintained that the federal government should provide Baloch students with forums where they could be heard. “This is a very serious matter,” the IHC CJ said.
The AGP reiterated that the matter at hand was important and that it was wrong to harass Baloch students.
